Innes on Pubs

Preguntas básicas de comprensión

Listen to an interview with Innes and answer the following ‘true’ or ‘false’ questions.
Primero lee las preguntas, después escucha el listening y contesta.

1. All pubs in Britain close between three and five o’clock.

2. The landlord’s job is to make the customers feel good and to help if there are any problems.

3. Pubs are noisier in the south of the country than in the north.

4. People can only play games such as cards and dominoes if there is no music.

5. In Britain it’s cheaper to get drunk in a country pub.

Comprueba

Now listen again and answer these questions.

1. When exactly do pubs open and close in Britain?

2. How much does a pint of beer cost in the city and in the country?

3. Do you think Innes has a positive, negative or neutral opinion of British Pubs?

4. What examples does Innes give of pubs being a ‘gathering place’ for people?

Comprueba

¿Podrías identificar las palabras que faltan?

Hello Innes, welcome back to Mansión Inglés. I’d like to ask you one or two things about..erm.. British pubs. What time do pubs open in Britain?

Well thank you for me again Craig. Erm..normally, pubs open at eleven o’clock in the morning, ..erm…and are open the day until eleven o’clock in the evening. Some do close between three and five o’clock to the landlord a rest, but on the it’s for twelve hours.

And who exactly is the landlord Innes?

In England..er.. either the ..the.., or the person who the pub is as a landlord, and..erm…he’s the person to see if there’s a problem or..erm..th..th..their job is really to make you as welcome as possible.

I see, and what is the atmosphere like in these British pubs?

Each pub is different and that..that’s the great . You can travel from the of the country to the of the country, and everywhere you go there is different of atmosphere. Erm…in certain pubs it’s very with loud music, erm…sometimes live music with real playing. Other times it’s very , sedate, people playing cards, dominoes is a popular game, bingo, a of different . But on the main it’s a..a gathering place for people..erm… within their local .

I see, and how much would a beer cost these days in an English pub?

Again it..it , if you’re in the centre of a main.. er.. city such as London, the price of beer can to three pounds, three pounds fifty for a pint - we still work in the imperial sizes - erm… if you’re into the country..erm.. sometimes you…you pay two pounds, two pounds ten for a pint of beer.

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